Production and Testing of Emulsified Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Egg Based CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst in a Diesel Generator

Production and Testing of Emulsified Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Egg Based CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst in a Diesel Generator

This work covers the following main aspects: synthesis and characterisation of egg based calcium oxide, CaO as heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production; statistical optimisation and subsequent production biodiesel from waste cooking oil; preparation of biodiesel-water emulsion and subsequent...

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Main Author: Tan, Yie Hua
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2017
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T Technology (General)
TP Chemical technology
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21020/1/Yie%20Hua.pdf
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spelling my-unimas-ir.210202023-08-23T06:20:39Z Production and Testing of Emulsified Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Egg Based CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst in a Diesel Generator 2017 Tan, Yie Hua T Technology (General) TP Chemical technology This work covers the following main aspects: synthesis and characterisation of egg based calcium oxide, CaO as heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production; statistical optimisation and subsequent production biodiesel from waste cooking oil; preparation of biodiesel-water emulsion and subsequent performance analysis in a diesel generator. A new rare kind of heterogeneous CaO based catalyst, which synthesised from waste material: ostrich eggshell was introduced. The catalyst characterisations of CaO catalysts derived from ostrich-eggshell and the conventional chicken-eggshell were investigated and their performance were then compared. The prepared catalysts were characterised by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), Particle Size Analysis (PSA), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Carbon Dioxide Temperature Programmed Desorption (CO2-TPD). The effect of various parameters on the transesterification reaction efficiency coupled with waste cooking was then studied. The experimental result showed that 1.5 %w/v catalyst, 12:1 M ratio of methanol to oil, 65 °C reaction temperature, 2 h reaction time with speed of 250 rpm gave the best results. The maximum biodiesel yield is 96% and 94% for calcined ostrich-eggshell and chicken eggshell, respectively. 2017 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21020/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21020/1/Yie%20Hua.pdf text en validuser phd doctoral UNIMAS
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TP Chemical technology
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TP Chemical technology
Tan, Yie Hua
Production and Testing of Emulsified Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Egg Based CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst in a Diesel Generator
description This work covers the following main aspects: synthesis and characterisation of egg based calcium oxide, CaO as heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production; statistical optimisation and subsequent production biodiesel from waste cooking oil; preparation of biodiesel-water emulsion and subsequent performance analysis in a diesel generator. A new rare kind of heterogeneous CaO based catalyst, which synthesised from waste material: ostrich eggshell was introduced. The catalyst characterisations of CaO catalysts derived from ostrich-eggshell and the conventional chicken-eggshell were investigated and their performance were then compared. The prepared catalysts were characterised by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), Particle Size Analysis (PSA), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Carbon Dioxide Temperature Programmed Desorption (CO2-TPD). The effect of various parameters on the transesterification reaction efficiency coupled with waste cooking was then studied. The experimental result showed that 1.5 %w/v catalyst, 12:1 M ratio of methanol to oil, 65 °C reaction temperature, 2 h reaction time with speed of 250 rpm gave the best results. The maximum biodiesel yield is 96% and 94% for calcined ostrich-eggshell and chicken eggshell, respectively.
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author Tan, Yie Hua
author_facet Tan, Yie Hua
author_sort Tan, Yie Hua
title Production and Testing of Emulsified Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Egg Based CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst in a Diesel Generator
title_short Production and Testing of Emulsified Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Egg Based CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst in a Diesel Generator
title_full Production and Testing of Emulsified Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Egg Based CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst in a Diesel Generator
title_fullStr Production and Testing of Emulsified Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Egg Based CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst in a Diesel Generator
title_full_unstemmed Production and Testing of Emulsified Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil Catalysed by Egg Based CaO Heterogeneous Catalyst in a Diesel Generator
title_sort production and testing of emulsified biodiesel from waste cooking oil catalysed by egg based cao heterogeneous catalyst in a diesel generator
granting_institution UNIMAS
publishDate 2017
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21020/1/Yie%20Hua.pdf
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